Hi there!
Does anybody know how to enable the Print Screen key in a VM.
The setup is VirtualBox 2.0.4 installed on Solaris 10 with XP SP3 installed in the VMs and the VMs gets accessed from a Sunray.
I've tried "/usr/openwin/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 77 = 0xff62" but that just enables it withing Solaris and not in the VM.
Any ideas??
How to enable "Print Screen" in the VM
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Sasquatch
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You could open the OnScreen Keyboard from Programs > Accessories > Accessibility and click on the Print Scrn key on that and paste the image in paint. See how that works.
It is currently seen as a special key, or the Host captures it before VB has a chance to pass it through to the VM.
It is currently seen as a special key, or the Host captures it before VB has a chance to pass it through to the VM.
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Re: How to enable "Print Screen" in the VM
That's a good workaround, but not optimal. I had a similar issue that turned out to be that the prtscn key was trapped by the host's (Ubuntu 10.10) magic sysrq. It can be disabled with:
sudo sysctl -w kernel.sysrq=0
sudo sysctl -w kernel.sysrq=0
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Re: How to enable "Print Screen" in the VM
On a Linux host you mean. Does your suggestion only disable SysRq, i.e. does it disable Print Screen as well?dsjstc wrote:It can be disabled with:
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Re: How to enable "Print Screen" in the VM
My suggestion disables Magic Sysrq, a kernel debugging feature of the linux host.